{"id":18772,"date":"2023-03-20T12:26:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T11:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/wien\/?p=18772"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:16:16","slug":"spring-rituals-by-wetmewild-performance-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/wien\/2023\/03\/20\/spring-rituals-by-wetmewild-performance-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring rituals by WetMeWild: Performance &amp; Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Fr.,<strong> 24.3.2023 \u2013 So., 14.5.2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Er\u00f6ffnung: 23.3.2023; 18.00 Uhr \/ Queer Museum Vienna im Volkskundemuseum Wien \/ Laudongasse 15-19 1080 Wien<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During the opening water nymph\u00a0Justyna G\u00f3rowska\u00a0will perform with brunnentroll Alex Franz Zehetbauer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This year\u2019s program of Queer Museum Vienna at\u00a0Volkskundemuseum Wien\u00a0will start off with a show on eco-sexuality, the importance of unpolluted bodies of water as base of all life on this planet, the consideration of natural resources such as water as legal entities which deserve to remain unharmed and in a wider sense: sustainability and its connection to queer resistance against global capitalism and thus the exploitation and destruction of the environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Welcome to \u201cSpring rituals by WetMeWild\u201d, an immersive exhibition that invites you to step into the world of a Slavic water nymph. This mythical creature is a seductress with special powers, who lives in rivers and small forest streams. Her magical existence is a fantasy of freedom, passion, and sensuality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the March equinox arrives, the Water Nymph awakens from her winter slumber, ready to explore the world and delight in its pleasures. However, she soon discovers that her once-pristine stream has been polluted by humans, leaving her feeling disheartened and frustrated. Despite this, the Water Nymph finds solace and pleasure in creating her toys \u2013 delightful objects made from natural materials such as sea shells and twigs, combined with technological equipment found near her stream. Each toy is adorned with engraved emoji instructions, inviting you to indulge in the Water Nymph\u2019s playful spirit and experience the magic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">So come and join us on this enchanting journey, where fantasy and reality blur and the playful and erotic intertwine. WetMeWild is the artist Justyna G\u00f3rowska\u2019s incarnation of a Slavic water nymph originating from the Lesser Poland region of former Galicia. In her work, she develops the hydrosexual movement* in the field of ecologically engaged digital art. For water themes, she reclaims Slavic mythology and makes state-of-the-art use of modern technologies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The exhibition and accompanying collaborative performance with Alex Franz Zehetbauer (Instagram: @afranzz) by invitation of the Queer Museum at the headquarters of The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art in Vienna will take place at a particularly significant moment for the year\u2019s cycles. 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